Currently there are about 23 teams working towards this from around the globe and they are known by different names than giving it the name of the country. Team SpaceIL, Astrobotic, TeamItalia, FREDNETARCA, Moon Express, STELLAR, JURBAN, Independence-X, Omega Envoy, Synergy Moon, Active, Synergy Moon, Euroluna, White Label Space, Part-Time-Scientists, Selenokhod, Barcelona Moon Team, Team Puli, SpaceMETA, Plan B, Penn State Lunar Lion Team, Angelicum, Team Indus, Team Phoenicia are the other teams participating in this contest to win the whopping jackpot.

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“We believe we are the missing link and are creating a collaborative initiative to get the required support to deliver a moon mission. A mission of this scale is just not possible without government support, so the Indian space ecosystem is essential for us, thanks to ISRO we need not bother about building launch systems. An entire ecosystem of former scientists, academicians and experts are available to be tapped into to make this happen. Not to forget the eager student community that is simply done building phone apps or assembling the same robokits over and over again – it’s great fun to challenge these minds and get them to deliver stuff one needs for one’s own mission,” said Rahul Narayan to firstpost.

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